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Title:
Hop king : Ezra Meeker's boom years
Contents:
Brothers -- Politics and the law -- A new start -- Birth of the Puyallup Valley hop industry -- Suddenly wealthy -- Building a town -- The feud -- The hop king -- The London hop trade -- Diversification -- The Chinese expulsion -- The American Exhibition at New Orleans -- Second trip to England -- Meeker for congress -- Farm and home -- A woman's right to vote -- Society news and real estate -- Mayor Meeker -- The Frank Meeker story -- Hop lice -- Traveling man -- The siege of Puyallup -- Beginning of the end -- Financial troubles -- The fourth trip to England.
Physical Description:
xv, 252 pages : ill. ; 23 cm
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Publisher:
Washington State University Press,
Publication Date:
2016
ISBN:
9780874223422
Publication Information:
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, 2016.
Call Number:
978.02 LARSEN
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